Fun Finds

Fun Finds Home decor blogger Amy Buchanan started with a yard sale table and layered in pieces such as a tobacco stand celebrity, a pinecone garland and a framework from an old dresser. Ticking ribbon and wooden Christmas trees painted to look like old grain sacks have been in keeping with all the farmhouse theme. "I love collecting vintage items during the entire year, then mixing them together to produce rustic and farm-style vignettes," says Buchanan, who blogs in AttaGirlSays.



Extra Touches Dress up a pair of vintage skates by lacing them together with festive ribbon. Search yard sales, flea markets and secondhand shops for old skates you can use in decor, suggests blogger Amy Buchanan of AttaGirlSays. She adds: You'll find the best prices on winter objects, such as skates, in the off-season.



Group Lanterns Cluster a trio of oversized lanterns collectively and fill them with candles, greenery, lights, nativity characters or special ornaments. Home decor blogger Amy Buchanan of all AttaGirlSays likes to hang wreaths on the lanterns to include color and texture.



Coordinated Appearance A terrarium created from old windows and architectural elements is a great place to display holiday greenery, a nativity, ornaments, plants or outdoor candles. Home decoration blogger Amy Buchanan of AttaGirlSays also clipped greenery and holly berries from her lawn for this terrarium on her front porch, which contributes to the rustic design with vintage appeal.  



Holiday-Style Terrarium A wreath with real cotton is illuminated by vintage lanterns on an Atlanta front door. Lisa Turner and Wallace Bryan with Trinity Mercantile & Design Co.. At Decatur, Ga., used cotton and magnolia leaves as natural elements in the front entryway and across the house for their Mississippi-themed holiday decoration.



The Touch of Cotton Pieces of a palette were rebuilt by interior decorator Krystine Edwards to create a blank canvas for a star (created out of a festive ribbon) on this rustic Charleston, S.C., porch. It is above a bar cart decorated with a nutcracker, Mason jars, cable bottle holder and ornaments.  



Wish Upon a Star A bracket portico made by Atlanta Decking and Fence, and also a vintage-looking lighting fixture include rustic Craftsman charm to this bungalow's curb appeal throughout the year. Hunter green paint is used for the shutters and portico. The homeowners decorated with little trees in containers carrying gold and red ornaments plus a festive ball wreath.



Underneath a Portico A variety of rustic elements are on display on this porch, including wagons made of crates, and accessories such as an old Coca-Cola bottle crate. The red, green and blue wagons have been a DIY project by blogger Jenna LeFeron of Rain on a Tin Roof to get Crates & Pallet, an Atlanta-based company.  



Darling DIY Project A cottage in the charming historical city of Madison, Ga., features a red, white and green colour palette with homespun style. The owner is out of Denmark and used a Danish Christmas theme beginning in the front porch. The house was on Madison's 2015 Town & Country Holiday Tour of Homes.



Quaint Cottage For the front porch of her new Rhode Island home, blogger Alison Vinciguerra of this site Long Distance Loving used a wreath pre-decorated with pine cones, holly leaves, golden fruit and feathers. She wove white LED twinkle lights to the wreath and garland near a vintage-looking lantern.



Pinecones and LEDs Deer aren't just holiday appropriate but often utilized as a means to add pastoral and farmhouse style to a front lawn and porch. For the holidays, options comprise carved wood decorations, antler decoration and illuminated reindeer of all sizes, provided by retailers such as The Home Depot.



Dashing Reindeer Decor Accessorizing with classic winter sporting gear, such as skis, snowshoes, a sled and skates, gives a rustic cottage appearance to a North Carolina front porch adorned by blogger Amy Buchanan of AttaGirlSays. The sports equipment join yard sale finds, for example, table, vintage wooden toolbox and the dresser frame.



Sporty Style Small pieces of driftwood were gathered on the shoreline then simply glued onto plywood to get this budget-friendly project.



Driftwood Star This rustic twig reindeer was updated with a lace ribbon and fuzzy yarn-wrapped balls.  



Twig Touches Birch log luminaries grouped collectively are a natural, rustic element for a front porch. To create them, cut the branches into varying heights with a circular saw. Next, drill holes to the top of each log having a 1-1/2" paddle or spade bit just deep enough to accommodate a votive. For kid- or pet-proof illumination, pop a battery-operated votive in to each.